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Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 248 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 248 Donate  | PC Freezes Hey, I am having a big problem. I just installed the game, and I have to go through that lengthy download for FFXI. Whenever i get to about 30 percent, my entire pc freezes and i have to restart the process over again, And i have no idea why it is doing this.
my specs
P4 3.0 ghz HT
2 GB Ram
ATI Radeon X300
Sound Blaster Live card
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Thanked 265x in 161 Posts Gil: 413 Bank: 33,262 Total Gil: 33,675 Donate | Re: PC Freezes Does your computer freeze entirely or is it just the download? If it's your PC (if it hangs) one of the first things you gotta check is for your Processor's fan to be working correctly.
Edit > And that the heatsink is making proper contact with the processor (in time the heatsink's paste gets dry and has to be cleaned and reaplied)  Sanctuary of Zi'tah!   "In this world, the one who has the most fun is the winner!" C.B. |  | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 10-05-2007, 08:57 PM | #3 (permalink) | | Altanaの戦士 Keeper of Knowledge Join Date: May 2006 Location: Fenrir Server Posts: 2,492 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 116
Thanked 265x in 161 Posts Gil: 413 Bank: 33,262 Total Gil: 33,675 Donate | Re: PC Freezes I've bumped into Pentium based PCs that actually function normally without the fan working, but the moment the Processor gets used a bit more the heat hangs the system. 
But yeah if it happens only with XI then it's gotta be something else. Sanctuary of Zi'tah! "In this world, the one who has the most fun is the winner!" C.B. | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 10-05-2007, 09:04 PM | #4 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0
Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 248 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 248 Donate | Re: PC Freezes Its a new PC, so there processor was just freshly glued etc. Its not an over heating, cause i have done many other more CPU heavy things. | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 10-05-2007, 10:52 PM | #5 (permalink) | | Needs jugs!! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Someplace resembling a mental institution. Posts: 204 Style: Dark - Version 6 My Mood:  Thanks: 104
Thanked 40x in 30 Posts Gil: 1,684 Bank: 15,591 Total Gil: 17,274 Donate | Re: PC Freezes Originally Posted by Wiesty  | Whenever i get to about 30 percent, my entire pc freezes and i have to restart the process over again.....
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I know the question was asked....but I didn't see a clarification on it. Does the entire PC "freeze" forcing you to reboot or does the download "hang" leaving you with the ability to enter the task manager, from which you would stop the process?
....on a related note, do you have any problems downloading large amounts of data for extended periods of time from other sources? Doesn't this really say it all? ><  | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 10-06-2007, 05:52 AM | #6 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0
Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 248 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 248 Donate | Re: PC Freezes The entire computer hangs, and I havent had problems with anything else | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 10-06-2007, 06:09 AM | #7 (permalink) | | The S.E.E.S. Brigade Oracle of Knowledge Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 6,428 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 1,594
Thanked 1,393x in 973 Posts Gil: 13,639 Bank: 209,740 Total Gil: 223,379 Donate | Re: PC Freezes You glued your processor in place? Wtf? | Quote: | | When I first did the balance tests, the machine actually mocked me. "I see balance isn't your thing. Do you find you trip when you walk?" This is offered as a smile; but it's the smile of a taut twenty-something who has no idea that one day, age will be visiting him or her, too. | | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 10-06-2007, 06:47 AM | #9 (permalink) | | The S.E.E.S. Brigade Oracle of Knowledge Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 6,428 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 1,594
Thanked 1,393x in 973 Posts Gil: 13,639 Bank: 209,740 Total Gil: 223,379 Donate | Re: PC Freezes well that's probably your problem. I have no idea who the hell would tell you to use glue on your PC as anything more than a (very expensive) practical joke, but there shouldn't be any glue in your PC. | Quote: | | When I first did the balance tests, the machine actually mocked me. "I see balance isn't your thing. Do you find you trip when you walk?" This is offered as a smile; but it's the smile of a taut twenty-something who has no idea that one day, age will be visiting him or her, too. | | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 10-06-2007, 06:55 AM | #10 (permalink) | | Altanaの戦士 Keeper of Knowledge Join Date: May 2006 Location: Fenrir Server Posts: 2,492 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 116
Thanked 265x in 161 Posts Gil: 413 Bank: 33,262 Total Gil: 33,675 Donate | Re: PC Freezes That's weird, it sounds like it's a software related problem then, but without being able to check the PC physically there isn't much we can help you with.
Are you running FF with XP or Vista? And if it's Vista. Did you download the Vista client from Playonline?
------------------------------------------ | Originally Posted by Feba | | but there shouldn't be any glue in your PC. | Does a "1337 r16" sticker glued to the casing count? o.O Sanctuary of Zi'tah! "In this world, the one who has the most fun is the winner!" C.B.
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Thanked 1,393x in 973 Posts Gil: 13,639 Bank: 209,740 Total Gil: 223,379 Donate | Re: PC Freezes there's a large difference between in a PC and on a PC, and a sticker and glue. | Quote: | | When I first did the balance tests, the machine actually mocked me. "I see balance isn't your thing. Do you find you trip when you walk?" This is offered as a smile; but it's the smile of a taut twenty-something who has no idea that one day, age will be visiting him or her, too. | | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 10-06-2007, 05:19 PM | #12 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0
Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 248 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 248 Donate | Re: PC Freezes Ive done a check of the errors that occured, and it was an error with the hardrive. Its a 320 gb sata drive, and apperntly sata drives are prone to this sort of problem. Im going to try reinstalling it on my 2ndary IDE drive and see if it works.
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And it Works!!!
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Thanked 40x in 30 Posts Gil: 1,684 Bank: 15,591 Total Gil: 17,274 Donate | Re: PC Freezes Cool. Congratulations!! Glad you got it working.
...you probably won't read this...but meh, I've had a very long weekend and wasn't able to check up on this thread. ...life is like that on occasion. Doesn't this really say it all? >< | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 10-08-2007, 04:33 PM | #14 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0
Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 248 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 248 Donate | Re: PC Freezes A new problem now
It happens once every while, unless i restart my pc.
When i start up FF11 it crashes back to the playonline ff11 menu.
Any ideas? | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 10-08-2007, 05:00 PM | #15 (permalink) | | Altanaの戦士 Keeper of Knowledge Join Date: May 2006 Location: Fenrir Server Posts: 2,492 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 116
Thanked 265x in 161 Posts Gil: 413 Bank: 33,262 Total Gil: 33,675 Donate | Re: PC Freezes Does it give you any messages or just crashes? And how far into the loading process does it go before crashing.
PS > Congrats on getting it fixed the first time, I had the same problem but had to reinstall the OS altogether because I got a massive disk error. It seems S-ATAs are very unreliable.  Sanctuary of Zi'tah! "In this world, the one who has the most fun is the winner!" C.B. | | | ::Quote Selected:: | |
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